Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
洛阳纸贵洛陽紙貴luo4 yang2 zhi3 gui4
lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom); fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
弥足珍贵彌足珍貴mi2 zu2 zhen1 gui4
extremely precious; valuable
名贵名貴ming2 gui4
famous and valuable; rare; precious
难能可贵難能可貴nan2 neng2 ke3 gui4
rare and precious; valuable; remarkable
攀附权贵攀附權貴pan1 fu4 quan2 gui4
to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
攀高结贵攀高結貴pan1 gao1 jie2 gui4
lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful; social climbing
亲疏贵贱親疏貴賤qin1 shu1 gui4 jian4
close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone; all possible relations
权贵權貴quan2 gui4
influential officials; bigwigs
荣华富贵榮華富貴rong2 hua2 fu4 gui4
glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
使高贵使高貴shi3 gao1 gui4
to dignify
物以稀为贵物以稀為貴wu4 yi3 xi1 wei2 gui4
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
显贵顯貴xian3 gui4
dignitary; distinguished person; royalty; nobleman; big shot
新贵新貴xin1 gui4
nouveau riche; upstart; new appointee
薛仁贵薛仁貴xue1 ren2 gui4
Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general
杨贵妃楊貴妃yang2 gui4 fei1
Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环 or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱
以和为贵以和為貴yi3 he2 wei2 gui4
harmony is to be prized
有何贵干有何貴幹you3 he2 gui4 gan4
What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you?
云贵川雲貴川yun2 gui4 chuan1
Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan; south west China
云贵高原雲貴高原yun2 gui4 gao1 yuan2
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
早生贵子早生貴子zao3 sheng1 gui4 zi3
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)